Hat-brim-ironing machine.



No. 826,347. 'PATENTED JULY 17, .1906.'

W. J. McGALL & J. V@HOWELLl HAT B IRONING MACHINE. APPL o 0N FILED, Amma. 190s.

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HAT BRIM IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29.1905.

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WILLIAM J. MCGALL, OF WESI` ORANGE, AND JOHN G. OROWELL, OF i ORANGE, NEV JERSEY.

HAT-BRlNl-IzRONING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented July 17, 1906.

Application filed August 29. 1905. Serial No. 276,186.

- ELL, residing at Orange, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Brim-Ironing Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has reference generally to improvements in machines for ironing hatbodies, and especially the brims of hat-bodies, and the invention relates more particularly to a novel construction of ironing-machine of the character hereinafter more fully set forth provided with a clutch device for grasping the hat-block from the bottom and securely holding or retaining it upon a central vertical spindle against any independent and undesirable rotary movement of said block upon said spindle, which is to the detriment of both the block and the proper ironing of the opposite faces of the brim of the hat-body.

The principal object of the present invention is the production of a novel, simple, and cheaply-made, as well as effectively-operating, hat-brim-ironing machine in which the hat-block is slipped upon the upper end of a vertical shaft or spindle and is quickly removable therefrom, said block being positively held against independent turning on said spindle by an arrangement of suitable clutch mechanism.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly mentioned will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

With the various objects of our invention in view the said invention consists in the novel arrangements and combinations of devices and parts, as well asin the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly described and then nally set forth in the clauses of the claim, which are ap ended to and which form an essential part o this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure 1 is a front end view of a hat-brimironing machine embodying the principles 0f the present invention; and Figs. 2 and 3 are a longitudinal vertical section and bottom view, respectively, of the hat-block which is used with the mechanism represented in said Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section, on

an enlarged scale, of part of the machine? frame and rotary ironing-table, with the hatblock and the clutch device also shown in vertical section, but in their disengaged relation, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the same parts with the clutch device in its operative engagement with the hat-block. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on line 6 6 in said Fig. 5.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawings, the reference character 1 indicates a suitably-constructed machine-frame comprising the standards 2, an upper cross-piece 3, and lower cross-piece 4. The said standards 2 carry a table 5, provided with an open portion 6, in which is rotatably arranged an ironing table or plate 7, made of a suitable metal, as iron. The said upper cross-piece 3 is provided with a pair of bearings 8 and 9, and the lower cross-piece 4 is likewise provided with bearings 10 and 11.

Rotatively arranged in the bearings 8 and 10 is a vertical shaft or spindle 12, the upper end portion 13 of said spindle or shaft 12 eX- tending into and through a centrally-disposed and tubular hub' 14 of the said table or plate 7, said end portion 13 of the shaft or spindle 12 also projecting above the upper surface of the said table or plate 7. Collars 15 and 16 are suitably arranged and secured on said shaft or spindle 12 on opposite sides of the bearing 10, substantially as shown in said Fig. 1, to prevent the vertical displace ment of said shaft or spindle 12, as will be clearly evident. The said shaft or spindle 12 is provided with a gear 17, which is in mesh with a pinion 18 upon a vertical shaft or spindle 19. The said shaft or spindle 19 is rotatively arranged in the bearings 9 and 11 and is held against vertical displacement by a collar 2O and a miter or bevel wheel 21, suitably IOO arranged and secured on said shaft or spindle 19 on opposite sides of the bearing 11. The said shaft or spindle 19 and its pinion 18 receive their rotary motion from a bevel or miter wheel 23, in mesh with the miter or bevel wheel 21, said bevel or miter wheel 23 being arranged and secured upon a main drivingshaft 22.

Suitably arranged and secured in the open portion of the hub 14 of the ironing table or plate 7 is a tubular device or sleeve 24, extending in a downward direction from said hub 14 through the bearing 8 and provided with a gear-wheel 25. Upon the said shaft or spindle 19 is another gear-wheel 26, which is in mesh with said gear-wheel 25. Thus it will be seen that the rotary motion of the shaft or spindle 12, produced from the pinion 18 and gear 17, is independent of the rotary motion of the ironing` table or plate 7, produced by the gear-wheels 26 upon the shaft or spindle 19 and the gear-wheel 25 of the device of sleeve 24, and while the rotary motions of the said shaft or spindle 12 and the said ironing table or late 7 are both in the same direction it will e seen that on account of the varying diameters of the several gears the respective rotary motions of the said shaft or spindle 12 and the ironing table or plate 7 differ. i

From an inspection of Fig. 1 of the drawings it will be seen that it is preferable to produce a faster rotary motion of the table or plate 7 than of the shaft or spindle, which is accomplished by having the diameter of the pinion 18 smaller than the diameter of the gear-wheel 26 and the diameter of the gearwheel 17 larger than the diameter of the gear-wheel 25.

Suitably arranged and secured upon the upper end portion 13 of the said shaft or spindle 12, so as to rotate with said shaft 12, is a collar or holding means 27. This collar or holding means 27 is provided with `suitable ears or lugs 28, provided with pivotal pins or pintles 29. Pivotally arranged upon each pin or pintle 29 is an oscillatory clamping bar or plate 30, the lower portion of each bar or plate 30 being arranged within the tubular part of the device or sleeve 24 and the upper grasping or holding member 31 of each bar or plate 30 projecting above the upper face of the ironing table or plate 7, substantially as illustrated. The eXtreme lower ends of the said clamping bars or plates 30 are rounded or chamfered, as at 32, for the purposes hereinafter set forth, and springs 33 may be arranged in the manner illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings for causing the said clamping bars or plates 30 normally to be retained in their disengaged positions represented. in said Fig. 4. Slidably arranged upon the said shaft or spindle 12 at a point beneath the rounded or chamfered ends of the said clamping bars or plates 30 is a clutch-cone 34, normally supported in. its disengaged relation with said bars or plates 30 by a supporting bar or link 35, a connecting-rod 36, and a ioot-treadle 37, all of which may be of the usual construction of such elements.

The hat-block, upon which the hat-body is to be arranged, is usually made of wood and is indicated by the reference character 38, be-

ing provided with the recessed portion 39 in its under part and having a neck or grasping portion 40, which is made with the tubular opening 41, as clearly illustrated in the several figures of the drawings. When the said hat-block is in its operative position above the ironing table or plate 7 to receive the hatbody, the tubular neck or grasping portion 40 is arranged over the end portion 13 of the shaft or spindle 12, said end portion 13 eX- ten'ding into the opening 41 in the manner clearly illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 ofthe drawings. Thus when in this position the lower edge of the said neck 40 rests upon the collar 27, which is affixed to the shaft 12. From an inspection of said figures it Will be clearly seen that the cross-section of the opening 41 in the neck of the block is made larger than the cross-section of the end portion 13 of the shaft or spindle 12, and both being cylindrical the block is readily inserted upon the end of the shaft or spindle 12 and operatively connected therewith when the upper grasping or holding members 31 are brought in the clamping engagement with the neck or grasping portion 40 of the block 38 in the manner clearly illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings.

The main purpose of 'connecting the hatblock with the upper end portion of the shaft or spindle 12 by means of a fclutch device 4is that thereby the opening 41 in the neck or grasping portion 40 of the block 38 and .the end portion 13 of the shaft 12 can both be made cylindrical, so as to avoid any possibility of damaging the holding-neck of the block, due to the possible rotative distortion, should, for instance, the said opening 41 and end portion of the shaft both be made of asquare or other angular cross-section. Then,

furthermore, it prevents the wearing awa'yof the holding portion 40 of the block at its point of connection with the end portion of the shaft or spindle 12 and, furthermoreprevents the use of some suitable holding or connecting device secured `directly to `the hatblock for attachment of lsaid block to the shaft or spindle 12.

The usual means of heating the ironing table or plate 7 is by means of a burner 42, farranged beneath said table or plate, as shown. Now when the hat-body is 'drawn over the hat-block the hat-brim rests upon the revolving ironing table or plate 7, and while Ithe operator is ironing the upper surface ofthe hatbrim with 4an ordinary heated hand-iron 43 IOO (see Fig'. l) the pressure exerted upon the hat-brim sufficiently presses the same upon' the revolving ironing table or bed 7, so that the latter, moving with a different speed from the hat-block and the hat-brim, will suitably iron the lower or under surface of said brim While the upper surface of the hat-brim is being ironed by the hand-iron 43 or other suitable ironing device.

From the foregoing description of our present invention it will be seen that we have devised a simple and effectively operating hatbrim-ironing machine from which the hatblock can be quickly removed and readily replaced upon the end of the shaft or spindle without the danger of the destruction of the block with its constant use and also providing a means for more positively arranging the hat-block in its operative position upon the end of the shaft or spindle against any possible independent rotatable movement of the hat-block upon the end of the shaft or spindle.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- 1, The combination, with a rotary ironingtable provided with a central opening and a downwardly-extending tubular sleeve in said opening, of a vertical shaft having its upper end portion extending into and above said sleeve, a hat-block loosely arranged upon said upper end portion of' said shaft, clutchbars in said sleeve, said clutch-bars being connected with upper end portion of said shaft, and a slidable clutch-cone on said shaft, adapted to engage withv said clutch-bars to operatively connect the said hat-block to said shaft and cause it to rotate therewith, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a rotary ironingtable provided with a central opening and a downwardly-extending tubular sleeve in said opening, of a vertical shaft having its upper end portion extending into and above said sleeve, means for producing differential rotary motions of said ironing-table and shaft, a hat-block loosely arranged upon said upper end portion of said shaft, clutch-bars in said sleeve, said clutch-bars being connected with the upper end portion of said shaft, and a slidable clutch-cone on said shaft adapted to engage with said clutch-bars to operatively connect the said hat-block to said shaft and cause it to rotate therewith, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with a rotary ironingtable provided with a central opening and a downwardly-extending tubular sleeve in said opening, of a vertical shaft having its upper end portion extending into and above said sleeve, means for producing differential rotary motions of said ironing-table and shaft, a hat-block loosely arranged upon said upper end portion of said shaft, clutch-bars in said sleeve, said clutch-bars being connected with the upper end portion of said shaft, and a slidable clutch-cone on said shaft adapted to engage with said clutch-bars to operatively connect the said hat-block to said shaft and cause it to rotate therewith, said means for producing the differential rotary motions of said ironing-table and shaft, comprising a gear connected with said ironing-table, a gear on said shaft, an auxiliary shaft, a gear on said auxiliary shaft in mesh with theironingtable-actuating gear, a pinion on said auxiliary shaft in mesh with the gear on said hatblock-carrying shaft, and means for driving said auxiliary shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. l v

4. The combination, with a rotary ironingtable provided with a central opening anda downwardly-extending tubular sleeve in said opening, of a vertical shaft having its upper end portion extending into and above said sleeve, a hat-block loosely arranged upon said upper end portion of said shaft, a fixed collar on said shaft on which a portion of the hatbloclr rests, clutch-bars in said sleeve, said clutch-bars being pivotally connected with said xed collar on said shaft, and grasping members on said clutch-b ars extending from the upper open portion of said sleeve, and a slidable clutch-cone on said shaft adapted to engage with said clutch-bars and force said grasping members in engagement with the hat-block, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The combination, with a rotary ironingtable provided with a central opening anda downwardly-extending tubular sleeve in said opening, of a vertical shaft having its upper end portion extending into and above said sleeve, a hat-block loosely arranged upon said upper end portion of said shaft, a fixed collar on said shaft on which a portion of the hatblocl rests, clutch-bars in said sleeve, said clutch-bars being pivotally connected with said fixed collar on said shaft, and grasping members on said clutch-bars extending from the upper open portion of said sleeve, and a slidable clutch-cone on said shaft adapted to engage with said clutch-bars and force said grasping members in engagement with the hat-block, and means for producing differential rotary motions of said ironing-table and shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. The combination, with a rotary ironingtable provided with a central opening and a downwardly-extending tubular sleeve in said opening, of a vertical shaft having its upper end portion extending into and above said sleeve, a hat-block loosely arranged upon said upper end portion of said shaft, a fixed collar on said shaft on whicha portion of the hatblock rests, clutch-bars in said sleeve, said clutch-bars being pivotally connected with said fixed collar on said shaft, and grasping TOO ITO

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members on said olutoh-hars extending from theu per open portion of said sleeve, and a slida le clutch-Gone on said shaft adapted to engage with said Clutch-bars and force said grasping members in engagement With the hat-block, and means for producing differential rotary motions of said ironing-table and shaft, said means for producing the differential rotary motions of said ironing-table and shaft comprising a gear connected with said ironing-table7 a gear on said shaft, an auxiliary shaft7 a gear on said auxiliary'shaft in vmesh With the ironing-table-aoutating gear,

a pinion on said auxiliary shaft in mesh With the gear on said hat-blook-carrying shaft, and A145-` l/VILLIAM J. MCGALL. JOI-IN G. CROWELL.

Witnesses FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS. 

